New Forming Facility
 Fotofab opens a new, 6000 square foot facility in Elk Grove, IL, just a short drive from its Chicago facility, minimizing transit time. |
Fotofab opens a new, 6000 square foot facility in Elk Grove, IL, just a short drive from its Chicago facility, minimizing transit time.
- Because Fotofab’s customers depend on them for low tooling costs, Fotofab uses equipment that only requires an inexpensive tooling set-up for most jobs.
- This makes Fotofab an ideal source for rapid prototyping, while 20 presses are capable of supporting large production requirements.
Read more about Fotofab’s new facility at pddnet.com
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Putting The Factory In The File Menu
Print3D introduces its real-time quoting engine, now available as a free download at www.print3Dcorp.com.
- Print3D version 1.0, offered as a standalone PC application and as a plug-in for several major CAD systems, makes ordering designs into production as easy as sending a document to a printer.
- CAD users receive real-time, guaranteed quotes for plastic or metal prototypes for whatever components they have open in their modeling workspace.
Read more about Print 3D’s real-time quoting engine at pddnet.com
Cyber-Security
Wurldtech(T) Security Technologies, a provider of cyber risk and compliance management solutions for industrial automation industries worldwide, announced that Mr. Perry A. Pederson, former Director for the Control Systems Security Program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - National Cyber Security Division (NCSD), has joined the management team as Vice-President of Wurldtech Labs, the applied research and cyber threat intelligence division of the company.
- In this newly created role, Mr. Pederson will oversee applied research contracts, manage technology partnerships, direct the Achilles(T) Certification Program and expand cyber threat intelligence efforts.
- He will also lead international strategic initiatives to develop public/private partnerships designed to improve stakeholder communication and cooperatively address the evolving cyber-security challenges faced by the entire industrial automation industry.
Read more about Perry Pederson joining Wurldtech at pddnet.com
Company Adds To Portfolio Of User-Interface Products With Acquisition
Microchip Technology Incorporated has acquired Hampshire Company, Inc. Hampshire is in the large-format (typically with screen diameters greater than 5 inches) touch screen controller market.
- Hampshire provides customers with high-quality universal touch screen controllers, along with best-of-class application support and driver-interface software.
Read more about Microchip’s acquisition at pddnet.com
Prototyping Service Provider Expands Equipment Portfolio And Increases Capacity
American Precision Prototyping, LLC, a service bureau providing high-quality Rapid Prototyped and Rapid Manufactured parts, added a second 3D Systems’ SL Viper™ to their equipment portfolio.
- The 3D Systems Viper™ Pro has an expired build envelope of 25.6x29.5x21.66iin over other SL equipment and produces models with superior surface finish, feature detail and definition out of the machine compared to other SL equipment.
- The minimal amount of hand finishing required ensures the models customers receive are as close to the CAD file as possible.
Read more about American Precisions equipment expansion at pddnet.com
Fifth Annual "Extreme Redesign" Global Design and 3D Printing Contest
The Dimension 3D Printing Group, a business unit of Stratasys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSYS), launched its fifth annual “Extreme Redesign: The Ultimate 3D Printing Challenge,” a global design and 3D printing contest for high school and college students that awards scholarships to the winners.
- Over the past four years, more than 2,500 entries have been judged and 27 students have been awarded $40,000 in scholarships.
- Dimension’s Extreme Redesign contest again calls on computer-aided-design (CAD) students worldwide to submit their most creative, useful and innovative Extreme Redesigns.
Read more about the “Extreme Redesign” Contest at pddnet.com